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Scoop: White House, Hill relaunch effort to block state AI laws

Axios · · 396 words · By Ashley Gold; Maria Curi
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What to know about Scoop: White House, Hill relaunch effort to block state AI laws

The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of certain state AI laws in exchange for support on tech policy priorities, including the Kids Online Safety Act and the NO FAKES Act. Senator Marsha Blackburn is leading these negotiations, which aim to balance industry interests with protections for children and creators.

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What happened

The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of some state AI laws in exchange for its support of key tech policy priorities from the Hill, Axios has learned.

Why it matters

Why it matters: States are increasingly passing stronger AI laws, and the Trump administration is feeling the heat to get something done.

Common ground

The talks are aiming to pair one of the tech industry's top priorities — overriding state AI laws — with legislation aimed at protecting kids online and combating deepfakes.

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The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of certain state AI laws in exchange for support on tech policy priorities, including the Kids Online Safety Act and the NO FAKES Act. Senator Marsha Blackburn is leading these negotiations, which aim to balance industry interests with protections for children and creators.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the White House is also holding a meeting this week with AI companies to dig into what benchmarking should look like for the recent AI and cyber executive order.”
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The evidence mentions White House concerns about voluntary reporting and Trump administration officials weighing limits on Chinese AI, but does not specifically mention a meeting 'this week' regarding benchmarking for a cyber executive order.
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web search NEUTRAL — He added that he is concerned companies will bypass voluntary reporting guidelines under the current framework set up by the White House, and hoped that the Hugging Face incident would provide momentu…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/22/openai-hugging-face…
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web search NEUTRAL — Image The White House, with an American flag in the foreground. Some Trump administration officials are reportedly weighing new limits on Chinese artificial intelligence models.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/business/dealbook/us-chin…
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web search NEUTRAL — "Unfortunately, powerful AI systems can go rogue, behave in extremely dangerous ways, or even resist human intervention." The Kill Switch Act, he said, will ensure there is a method for the government…
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Claim 2: “Trump signing an AI and cyber executive order last week that includes voluntary pre-deployment testing of frontier models.”
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Multiple sources (Politico and other web results) confirm that President Trump signed an AI executive order (around June 2) that includes a voluntary pre-release review/testing process for frontier models.
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web search NEUTRAL — The order also establishes an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse that will work voluntarily with AI companies and infrastructure operators to identify software vulnerabilities, coordinate responses, and a…
https://menafn.com/1111201593/Trump-Signs-AI-Order-To-Boost-…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order to address some of these concerns, which asked leading AI makers such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to voluntarily submit their frontier m…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/22/openai-hugging-face…
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web search NEUTRAL — On June 2, Trump signed an AI executive order that establishes a pre-release review process for frontier models.
https://www.bundle.app/en/technology/trumps-ai-safety-order-…
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Claim 3: “Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is leading the negotiations”
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While Wikipedia confirms Marsha Blackburn is a Senator from Tennessee, none of the provided evidence mentions her leading these specific negotiations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2018 United States Senate election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 2018, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representativ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Tennessee. Incumbent one-term Republican Senat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mary Marsha Blackburn (née Wedgeworth; born June 6, 1952) is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the senior United States senator from Tennessee. Blackburn was first elected to the Sen…
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Claim 4: “a bipartisan proposal from Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) ... would preempt state AI laws for three years, formally establish the Center for AI Standards and Innovation and require certain developers to address risks prior to releasing models.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Reps. Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan released a discussion draft of the 'Great American AI Act' to create a federal framework for AI governance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Analilia Mejia (born August 19, 1977) is an American politician and activist serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 11th congressional district since April 2026. The co-director of the no…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anna Paulina Luna (née Mayerhofer; born May 6, 1989) is an American politician and Air Force veteran serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district since 2023. A member o…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jay Phillip Obernolte ( OH-bər-NOHL-tee; born August 18, 1970) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for California's 23rd district since 2021, when it was numbe…
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Claim 5: “The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of some state AI laws in exchange for its support of key tech policy priorities from the Hill”
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Three independent news sources (Axios, The Hill, and another web result) explicitly state that the White House is negotiating federal preemption of state AI laws in exchange for support of tech policy priorities.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Executive Order 14110, titled Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (sometimes referred to as "Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence") wa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Freedom 250 LLC, officially the White House Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday (Task Force 250), is a public–private partnership created on January 29, 2025, by executive order of US p…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses generative models to generate text, images, videos, audio, software code or other forms of data. Thes…
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Claim 6: “the package is not 'blanket preemption of all laws regulating AI or child safety.'”
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The provided evidence contains dictionary definitions of 'proposed' and general AI info, but no specific statement confirming or denying whether the package is a 'blanket preemption'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AI commonly refers to artificial intelligence, which is intelligence demonstrated by machines. Ai, ai, a.i, A.I or AI may also refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Martina Eileen "Ai-Ai" Hernandez delas Alas (born November 11, 1964) is a Filipino actress and comedian. Referred to as the "Queen of Comedy" for her comedic talent, she is best known for her role as …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anthropic, PBC is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California, founded with the goal of promoting AI safety. Its flagship product is …
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Claim 7: “negotiations... include the Kids Online Safety Act and other tech-related measures”
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The Hill reports that negotiations for AI preemption are in exchange for technology policies on kids. Other search results mention the KIDS Act and efforts to prevent states from taking action to protect kids from AI/social media harms in the context of current legislative efforts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) (c. 50) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate online content. It was passed on 26 October 2023 and gives the relevant secretary of state the po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the passage of the Online Safety Act 2023 in the United Kingdom and the publication of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt in 2024, which became the catalyst for Australia's social media ba…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization headquartered in San Francisco, consisting of OpenAI Group PBC, a for-profit public benefit corporation (PBC), partially contro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI
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